diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index 0915216c83c6245621a2aa8a3f209d4c94182f3f..98d8c40927cd4b47732a3c7f8598296e54ff764f 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ include $(RIOTBASE)/drivers/Makefile.include
 $(RIOTPKG)/%/Makefile.include::
 	$(Q)"$(MAKE)" -C $(RIOTPKG)/$* Makefile.include
 
-.PHONY: $(USEPKG:%=$(RIOTPKG)/%/Makefile.include)
+$(USEPKG:%=$(RIOTPKG)/%/Makefile.include): FORCE
 -include $(USEPKG:%=$(RIOTPKG)/%/Makefile.include)
 
 # Deduplicate includes without sorting them